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Stop postponing things by embracing the mess

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We think tomorrow will solve our problems. That tomorrow we'll have time to do everything. Or just more time, anyway. Tomorrow, change will be easier. But it often isn't. Tomorrow becomes today, and today is a mess. Today, we're hungry. Today, someone is late. Today, we don't feel like taking on the work. Today doesn't line up with how we imagined it to be: this magical land of improved productivity. This is normal. The problem is that the simplified image of "productive tomorrow" forms our expectations and when we fail these expectations, we beat ourselves up. And we procrastinate because each of these imperfections, these deviations from our imagined day, gives us an opportunity to justify getting distracted. We wake up late, and so we feel justified in checking social media. We say "What the hell". A meeting is canceled, and suddenly we feel like we have "bonus time" to scroll Twitter for 30 minutes. We don't do our perfect routine, and so we don't feel ready to tackle the most impo

Stop postponing things by embracing the mess Does your day get derailed frequently because of unexpected circumstances? Do you always expect yourself to be more productive tomorrow? Do you think you will have more time in the future? Let's dive into why, and what to do about it. Today is far from perfect, but tomorrow will be better Our brain simplifies the future to a large extent. We think tomorrow will solve our problems. That tomorrow we'll have time to do everything. Or just more time, anyway. Tomorrow, change will be easier. But it often isn't. Tomorrow becomes today, and today is a mess

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